None of this was in the baby books or my English books or the novels and poetry that had formed the substance of my thirty years of existence.<\/h3>\n

But the great thing about being a parent, especially to a child with special needs, is that it makes you a lifelong learner.<\/h1>\n

It redirects your attention in all manners and at any given time. It makes a right-brain like me a little more of a lefty. I am a teacher and a writer and a mother and a nurse and a home chef and a physical therapist and a psychologist and a shaper of one very special kid\u2019s future. I am a renaissance woman.<\/h3>\n

Click the picture below to read what I’ve learned along the way...<\/a><\/h3>\n

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